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Geography is the study of the (36)_________between people and the land. Geographers compare and (37)_________various places on the earth. But they also go beyond the (38)_________places and consider the earth as a whole. The word geography (39)_________from two Greek words, "ge", the Greek word for "earth", and "graphein", which means "to write". The English (40)_________ geography means "to describe the earth". Some geography books (41)_________on a small area such as a town or a city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or even an entire (42)_________. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of geography is to (43) _________between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; (44)_______________________. But when geography is considered as a single subject, neither branch can neglect the other. (45)__________________________. If places were alike, there would be little need for geographers. (46)__________________________. Geography, then, is a point of view, a special way of looking at places.